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The Highs and Lows of Travelling - Part III
June 06, 2008With my arrival in San Francisco I checked my suitcase in and got my ticket. However with my bag being a massive 11 pounds over the 50lbs limit I was forced to take some gear out or fork out $US50 for the additional baggage.
As I sorted through what I could I thought, "fuck it!! Its on Qantas!!" and decided to ship them $50 and just be on my way to the gate. Through security and onto my gate, I sat listening to my first downloaded podcasts from the guys at PokerRoad. The stuff that they are producing is top notch! Not only is it informative, but its also enjoyable, funny and really really interesting.
We boarded the plane on time (2 in a row!!) and was on our way to Las Vegas; but like all the flights previously we encountered even more problems. With high winds, Las Vegas airport was closed and we had to circle for a while before heading to Ontario, California to re-fuel. Instead of a 90-minute journey to Las Vegas it ended up being a 5-hour trip before I landed at McLaren Airport in Las Vegas - not a moment too soon I might add!!
A trip to the hotel to visit Dane and Christian (they lost their luggage too), I was over to the Rio to get organised with PokerNews, before eventually making it back to the Excalibur Hotel a bit before midnight to catch some well needed shut-eye as work starts tomorrow.
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Vegas here I come!!
June 02, 2008ONE TIME!!! (isn't it funny how you either really hate that saying or really over use it . . . by the end of this trip you'll understand that i'm in the over using category) Anyway, back to it. ONE TIME!!!
Today I got confirmation on all my flights. Yep thats right, I'll be heading to Las Vegas tomorrow night and will be there for a total of 43 days working for the PokerNews live update team.
In about 18 hours I will be boarding a plane to Sydney and then to Tokyo and then to San Francisco and then Las Vegas - long journey, but it will all be worth it when I hear the buzz of the Rio, the shuffling of chips and loud calls of "all-in on table 23".
